Eckhart Tolle & Oprah Winfrey - New Earth webcast

The author of the best-selling The Power of Now and A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle has dedicated much of his life to teaching others how to live in the present moment. His message has reached millions who are looking to transform their lives and evolve to a higher consciousness.

Born in Germany in 1948, Eckhart was educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. Eckhart says he suffered from bouts of depression and suicidal thoughts until he experienced a profound inner transformation at age 29. During this transformation, Eckhart says he became aware that his feelings of sadness, dread and fear were all part of his ego. One morning, he awoke to find that his ego had dissolved and life was fresh and beautiful and his mind free of constant mental chatter.

Armed with this new perspective on life, Eckhart began teaching spiritual workshops to small groups of people, and in 1999, he published The Power of Now to international acclaim. In 2005, he published A New Earth, and in 2008, it became an Oprah's Book Club pick and the basis of an exclusive online webcast hosted by himself and Oprah. At the core of his teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolution. An essential aspect of this awakening consists of transcending our ego-based state of consciousness.

Eckhart is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition, but he draws from many to covey his teachings. Through his writings and seminars, Eckhart has inspired people around the world to transform their lives, achieve personal happiness and contribute to the ending of violent conflict on our planet.
Each video is a talk about one chapter of the book:

CONTENTS

Chapter One
The Flowering of Human Consciousness – 6
Evocation……………………………………………………………………………………..6
The Purpose of This Book………………………………………………………………8
Our Inherited Dysfunction………………………………………………………………10
The Arising New consciousness……………………………………………………..12
Spirituality and Religion………………………………………………………………..14
The Urgency of Transformation………………………………………………………16
A New Heaven and a new Earth………………………………………………………18

Chapter Two
Ego: The Current State of Humanity – 19
The Illusory Self…………………………………………………………………………..20
The Voice in the Head…………………………………………………………………..22
Content and Structure of the Ego…………………………………………………….24
Identification with Things………………………………………………………………25
The Lost Ring……………………………………………………………………………….26
The Illusion of Ownership………………………………………………………………29
Wanting: The Need for More…………………………………………………………..31
Identification with the Body……………………………………………………………33
Feeling the Inner Body…………………………………………………………………..34
Forgetfulness of Being…………………………………………………………………..35
From Descartes's Error to Sartre's Insight………………………………………..36
The Peace that Passes All Understanding…………………………………………37

Chapter Three
The Core of Ego – 39
Complaining and Resentment…………………………………………………………40
Reactivity and Grievances……………………………………………………………..42
Being Right, Making Wrong…………………………………………………………..43
In Defense of an Illusion………………………………………………………………..44
Truth: Relative or Absolute?…………………………………………………………..45
The Ego Is Not Personal………………………………………………………………..46
War Is a Mindset………………………………………………………………………….48
Do You Want Peace or Drama? ………………………………………………………49
Beyond Ego: Your True Identity …………………………………………………….50
All Structures are Unstable……………………………………………………………..51
The Ego's Need to Feel Superior……………………………………………………..52
Ego and Fame……………………………………………………………………………….52

Chapter Four
RolePlaying:
The Many Faces of the Ego 54
Villain, Victim, Lover…………………………………………………………………….55
Letting Go of SelfDefinitions…………………………………………………………56
Preestablished
Roles……………………………………………………………………..57
Temporary Roles……………………………………………………………………………58
The Monk with Sweaty Palms…………………………………………………………59
Happiness as a Role Vs. True Happiness…………………………………………..59
Parenthood: Role or Function? ……………………………………………………….60
Conscious Suffering………………………………………………………………………63
Conscious Parenting………………………………………………………………………64
Recognizing Your Child…………………………………………………………………65
Giving Up Roleplaying………………………………………………………………….66
The Pathological Ego……………………………………………………………………..68
The Background Unhappiness………………………………………………………….70
The Secret of Happiness………………………………………………………………….71
Pathological Forms of Ego………………………………………………………………73
Work – with and Without Ego………………………………………………………….75
The Ego in Illness…………………………………………………………………………..77
The Collective Ego…………………………………………………………………………77
Incontrovertible Proof of Immortality……………………………………………….79

Chapter Five
The PainBody ………………………………………………………80
The Birth of Emotion………………………………………………………………………81
Emotions and the Ego……………………………………………………………………..83
The Duck with a Human Mind…………………………………………………………85
Carrying the Past……………………………………………………………………………85
Individual and Collective…………………………………………………………………87
How the PainBody
Renews Itself…………………………………………………….89
How the Painbody
Feeds on Your Thoughts……………………………………..90
How the painBody
Feeds on Drama…………………………………………………91
Dense Painbodies…………………………………………………………………………..93
Entertainment, the Media, and the PainBody…………………………………….94
The Collective Female Painbody……………………………………………………..95
National and Racial Painbodies……………………………………………………….97

Chapter Six
Breaking Free ……………………………………………………..99
Presence………………………………………………………………………………………..100
The Return of the PainBody……………………………………………………………102
The Painbody
in Children……………………………………………………………….103
Unhappiness…………………………………………………………………………………..105
Breaking Identification with the Painbody………………………………………..106
“Triggers”………………………………………………………………………………………108
The PainBody
as an Awakener…………………………………………………………110
Breaking Free of the PainBody…………………………………………………112

Chapter Seven
Finding Who You Truly Are 113
Who you Think you are………………………………………………………114
Abundance………………………………………………………………………..116
Knowing Yourself and Knowing About Yourself…………………………………117
Chaos and Higher Order………………………………………………………118
Good and Bad………………………………………………………………….119
Not Minding What Happens……………………………………………………………..120
Is That So?…………………………………………………………………….121
The Ego and the Present Moment …………………………………………122
The Paradox of Time………………………………………………………….124
Eliminating Time…………………………………………………………………125
The Dreamer and the Dream………………………………………………….127
Going Beyond Limitation……………………………………………………….128
The Joy of Being…………………………………………………………………..130
Allowing the Diminishment of the Ego………………………………………………130
As Without, So Within………………………………………………………..132

Chapter Eight
The Discovery of Inner Space 135
object Consciousness and Space Consciousness…………………………………137
Falling Below and Rising Above Thought………………………………………….138
Television…………………………………………………………………….139
Recognizing Inner Space………………………………………………………141
Can You Hear the Mountain Stream? ………………………………………….143
Right Action…………………………………………………………………….144
Perceiving Without Naming………………………………………………..144
Who Is the Experiencer? ……………………………………………………146
The Breath…………………………………………………………………….147
Addictions…………………………………………………………………….149
Inner Body Awareness…………………………………………………………..150
Inner and Outer Space………………………………………………………..151
Noticing the Gaps…………………………………………………………………..153
Lose yourself to Find Yourself………………………………………………….153
Stillness………………………………………………………………..154

Chapter Nine
Your Inner Purpose 155
Awakening………………………………………………………………….156
A Dialogue on Inner Purpose………………………………………………….158

Chapter Ten
A New Earth 167
A Brief History of Your Life…………………………………………………..169
Awakening and the Return Movement…………………………………………….170
Awakening and the Outgoing Movement……………………………………………172
Consciousness………………………………………………………………….174
Awakened Doing…………………………………………………………….175
The Three Modalities of Awakened Doing…………………………………………176
Acceptance…………………………………………………………………….177
Enjoyment…………………………………………………………………………177
Enthusiasm………………………………………………………………………180
The Frequencyholders……………………………………………………..183
The New Earth Is No Utopia…………………………………………………..184

Notes……………………………………………………………………………………………..186
About the Author…………………………………………………………………………….189